Kruger Inc. Tech Stack
Integrated pulp, paper, packaging, and renewable energy producer across North America
Kruger is a 120-year-old forest products and energy company operating mills and facilities across Canada and the US, with active diversification into tissue, recycling, and biomaterials. The tech stack reflects a heavy industrial operation—PLCs, SCADA, OSI PI, SAP ECC, and recently migrating to SAP S/4HANA and MES—paired with predictive maintenance and vehicle telematics projects. Current hiring is engineering-led (59 roles) with a notable emphasis on production planning and site IT leadership, indicating a push to automate mills and optimize downtime, a top-five pain point.
Tech Stack 42 technologies
What Kruger Inc. Is Building
◆Challenges
- Reducing downtime
- Ensuring safety
- Cybersecurity compliance
- Optimizing production processes
- Meeting production targets
- Control costs
- Improving renewable energy production
- Optimizing preventive maintenance
- Optimizing inventory management
- Tail spend optimization
▲Active Projects
- Crm implementation
- Predictive maintenance
- Maintenance shutdown
- Shutdowns
- R&d new paper grade development
- Maintenance program optimization
- Annual benefits renewal process
- Electric truck deployment
- Vehicle telematics platform
- Electric truck projects
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Health Safety Environment Director, Production planning director, IT site team lead, IT site lead, Site IT Team Lead
